4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; |
5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; |
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: |
7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: |
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. |
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. |
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. |
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. |
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? |
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; |
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. |
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. |
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. |
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. |
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. |
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? |
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. |
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: |
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; |
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. |
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. |
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: |
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; |
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: |
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. |
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: |
31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. |
